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QUOTE: "Sure, we could just bungee jump, but that’s not as daring as skydiving. Following Christ is the most incredible adventure anyone will ever embark on. So when God calls you to jump, to leave everything behind and follow Him completely, it's guaranteed to be amazing! And skydiving is the only thing we could think of to illustrate this." —Tim Bourne, lead pastor of Genesis Metro Church in Frisco, Texas, who, along with Associate Pastor Justin Powell, decided to illustrate a sermon on Ecclesiastes 5 by jumping out of an airplane while church members watched on an observation deck below [wfaa.com, 1/24/10]

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National Institute of Christian Leadership (NICL)

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